Lord, he is not a man [infrastructure]

Boom!

In fact, no sound came out.

There were also screams covered by the girl.

But when Shan Yan saw the wooden stick that came out suddenly and hit Gu Hui on the back of the head, she felt that she heard a very pleasant crisp sound.

Gu Hui fell to the ground together with Shan Yan who was holding him.

Shanyan looked at the man holding a wooden stick and wearing a wooden mask, his mouth was wide open and his eyes were also wide open.

The man holds out his hand.

Shanyan grasped it subconsciously.

The man pulled Shanyan up and told her in a low voice: "Keep screaming and crying."

Shan Yan immediately cried out, she just needed to vent her fear and joy.

Tang Bo looked down at Gu Hui who was lying on the ground.

This one is probably too excited, a position below the waist is very conspicuous.

Tang Bo pointed to a certain part that Gu Hui used to carry on the family line, and asked the girl, "Want to take revenge?"

Shan Yan nodded vigorously without hesitation.

Tang Bo spread his hands and said to Gu Hui who was in a coma: "Sorry, you should be chemically castrated, but there is no corresponding method here. We can only change chemical properties into physical properties. I hope you don't mind."

He didn't have any objection when he saw the river crab, so Tang Bo voluntarily helped the ancient lord to perform a small cleansing operation, all of which were removed.

On the way, the ancient lord woke up once in pain, but before he could make a sound, he was knocked unconscious again by a wooden stick.

Of course, the cleansing operation can't completely solve the problem, but considering that Gu Ding is still young, and he doesn't want to attract Luma City's attention for now, so he can't let Gu Hui die yet.

If you can't kill the other party, and you can't let the other party have the energy and strength to continue to trouble him, then there is only one way.

About 5 minutes later, the guards outside the door looked at each other, and the girl inside stopped screaming and crying, it seemed that they would soon have a lord wife.

The guards waited until dinner time, when the butler came over and asked if they wanted to prepare dinner for the lord and the lady from Hongshan.

The guard knocked on the door to ask, but got no response.

At first they thought that the lord was "too tired" and slept soundly, but when they waited for a while and knocked on the door again, but still got no response, the guards finally felt something was wrong and pushed the door open.

It was good that their lord was in bed.

But there was no figure of the lady from the Hongshan collar on the bed, and the lord was sleeping too deeply.

While pleading guilty, the guard approached the bed and reached out to push Gu Hui.

Gu Hui fell into a coma, not only that, he also lost the symbol of a man, and the symbol was placed next to his pillow.

The housekeeper and guards jointly blocked the news, they only said that someone had kidnapped the eldest lady of Hongshan collar and injured the lord who wanted to protect Shanyan.

The three tree leaders were looking for the robbers who hurt and robbed people, but the head of the guards and the butler were relatively successful. They didn't waste too much energy on finding the murderer, but tried their best to treat Gu Hui and conceal that Gu Hui was unconscious. wake up news.

The housekeeper and the guards analyzed and thought a lot, and they all agreed that the person who shot Gu Hui and rescued the young lady of Hongshan collar was probably the lord of Hongshan.

The white deer collar next door?

please!The little lord who has just inherited the lordship is struggling to deal with those nasty and difficult greedy tax collectors, how could he bother to run to trouble his neighbors?

In addition to analyzing the murderer, Sanshuling's stewards and lord's guards are already discussing whether to go to Bailuling to bring back their young master, the only legitimate son Gu Ding who has the right to inherit.

The housekeeper and the lord's guards didn't take Gu Ding seriously at first, but the situation is completely different now.

If Gu Hui can't wake up... Even if he wakes up, after he loses the ability to pass on male offspring and has no other children, Gu Ding becomes the only hope for Sanshuling.

Few people in the castle hoped that Green Macheng would take back the territory of the Three Trees and the title of the ancient family, especially the stewards and the lord's guards who directly benefited.

Even because of Gu Hui's coma, the housekeeper had a million bits of ambition in his heart.

The young master Gu Ding looks only four or five years old on the outside, but his actual age is only eleven or twelve years old. He doesn't understand anything. If Gu Ding wants to inherit the territory smoothly, then he has to rely on them old people?

Maybe the housekeeper doesn't know what it means to hold the emperor to order the princes, but he has the same idea in his heart.

the other end.

After Tang Bo rescued the Miss Hongshan, he didn't reveal his identity to her. He was mainly dealing with Gu Hui, and saving people was just incidental.

He also didn't expect that the eldest lady would be extremely grateful to him after being rescued by him, and then give him a lot of help.

On the contrary, if he confessed his real identity to this eldest lady, there would be endless troubles in the future.

"Benefactor, may I know your name? I understand that you don't want to reveal your identity, but it's just a nickname, I at least want to know who saved me. If someone comes to Hongshan in the future, report your name, Shanyan will definitely return." The girl stopped Tang Bo.

Tang Bo felt that the girl was very intelligent, and because she was obedient and smart, he changed his voice and gave a code name: "Hexie."

Shanyan doesn't know what a river crab is, she has never even seen a crab, but she firmly remembers the pronunciation.

Tang Bo didn't just leave the girl on the road, he found the Hongshan collar team that had arrived near Sanshu collar, and left when he saw the girl entering that team.

Because of this episode, Tang Bo returned much later than scheduled.

But Tang Bo explained to the housekeeper that he was going out, and he also told the housekeeper that once the tax officials wanted to see him, they should delay as much as possible.

The butler, Bafu, has rich experience in dealing with tax officials. In the past, the old lord entrusted him with all matters of paying taxes and dealing with tax officials. Later, Tang Ze became a lord, and he didn't know how to deal with tax matters.

When Gu Hui lent a few people to the tax officer to go all over Bailuling and found nothing wrong, they started talking nonsense according to Gu Hui's instructions when they came back.

"White Hart is building a city. This is something that the past ten generations of White Hart lords have not done. The little ones don't know where he got so much wealth. Please be sure to check it out, Lord Taxation Officer."

"The White Deer Leaders must be hiding something. They dare not look us in the eyes. If we ask them any questions, they will just shake their heads. They are all terrified."

"I suspect that Bailuling has a caravan. Bailuling has never paid commercial taxes before, but I ask the tax officer to think about it in the future."

Listening to the reports of these people, Liu Feng couldn't help nodding.

After these people finished reporting, Liu Feng turned to the butler Bafu: "Let your lord come out, he should have had enough sleep after sleeping for so long."

Bafu immediately went to Tang Bo, but there was no one in the bedroom or the small hall.

Buff calmly slapped his old face a few times, the right cheek became red and swollen, and then walked back to the living room.

Everyone saw Buff's red and swollen right cheek.

The tax officials raised their eyebrows, knowing in their hearts that this was an obvious call for them.From this point, it can also be seen that the new lord has a bad temper and doesn't know how to hide his true emotions.

Buff lowered his head, and said respectfully and apologetically: "The young master is in a little inconvenience now. He said that Bailuling is not building a city, nor does he have a caravan. All his money is used to buy slaves. If you don't believe me, let me I will lead you to check the places you suspect."

Bafu also vaguely stated that he is the housekeeper of the mansion, the young master is not as much in charge of things as he is, and he is the one who knows the situation of the territory better.

The tax officer in the capital of Santana County had already planned to accept it as soon as he saw it, but Liu Feng was not willing to go back without taking advantage of it. He insisted on Tang Bo coming out to see him.

The housekeeper went around and carried the seriously ill master Tang Ze out.

As soon as Tang Ze arrived in the living room, he kept coughing, looking as if he would die at any moment, and wanted to hold the hand of the tax officer and cry to them about the poverty of Bailuling, hoping to reduce some of the taxes of Bailuling.

Even though Liufeng and the tax officials in the capital of Santana County looked down on Tang Ze very much in their hearts, on the surface, they all wanted to give the baron some face.

This is not for Tang Ze's face, but for the entire noble family.

Tax officials can scrape oil and water from small and medium-sized territories.But they are also very clear that they must not bully the masters of the territory too much, and they dare not let their status clearly override the lords.Otherwise, they will offend the entire aristocratic system, and they will never have a bright future.

As soon as Liu Feng saw Tang Ze's serious illness about to die, he wanted to stay away from him.When he heard the butler Bafu's suggestion that he lead the tax officials to places they found suspicious, Liu Feng immediately agreed.

So the butler, Bafu, took the tax officer and his party, and took another third of the white deer away.

Bafu really wanted to finish the walk, but Mr. Liufeng, the delicate tax official, couldn't walk anymore. He also saw the dug ditches with his own eyes.

No matter how nonsense the winding ditches are, it is impossible to pull them to the foundation of the city.

However, under the temptation of the tax officials' copper coins and the threat of leather whips, all the villagers said was their fear of the new lord and their complaints about taking almost all the autumn harvest away.

Complaining is not quite right, it should be resentment.

But the villagers dared not show their resentment, for fear that the lord would evict them and force them to leave their homes during the cold and hungry winters to make room for the newly bought slaves.

Liu Feng questioned no less than ten villagers, including men, women and children, and he also saw the villagers' complaints and hatred for the new lord.

How could such a territory and such a people hide secrets?

And a lord who almost robbed the citizens of their food to pay taxes could not be a rich man.

At this time, Liu Feng's brain, which was confused by gold coins, was finally willing to think about the relationship between Sanshuling and Bailuling. He also remembered what the two old and new lords of Bailuling told him - the Sanshuling is the real rich people.

Seeing that the White Deer Collar does not seem to be able to squeeze out too much oil, Liu Feng no longer intends to waste any more time here, he might as well switch to the Three Tree Collar and get more benefits from that ancient lord.

It was not a threat to the ancient lord, but an exchange.

He can add some poll tax to White Deer Leader, plus business tax, I believe Lord Sanshu will be very happy.

Liu Feng praised him for his cleverness, and said to the housekeeper Bafu in an emphatic tone: "I have investigated the actual situation in your territory, and I will report the truth to the Grand Duke when I go back."

In fact, how could a small tax collector like them see the lofty Duke of Green Ma, but Liu Feng likes to use this trick to show his identity and intimidate the masters and servants of the small territory.

The butler Bafu sincerely asked Liu Feng to say good things about Bailuling to the Grand Duke.

While everyone was not paying attention, Bafu stuffed a small purse for Liu Feng with a painful expression on his face.

Liu Feng touched the bag, feeling dissatisfied, and wanted to send him away with just a few gold coins?

Later, when he opened the bag and found that there were only five copper coins in it, he almost exploded, which made him set the tax for Bailu collar according to the highest amount of the small territory.

"I heard from the villagers in your territory that Lord Tang took away almost all the grain they cultivated? And the amount of these grains is not even enough to pay taxes? Did Lord Tang make up for part of the tax and grain himself?" Knowing that the purse contained only copper coins, Liu Feng asked.

Bafour admitted that he was about to cry poor again.

Liu Feng interrupted him and said: "Winter is coming soon. There were originally more than 800 people in your territory, and now the number has doubled. How are you going to survive the winter without food? Can I go to the warehouse to see? I am very worried about your food stocks."

Liu Feng was afraid that Bafu would find an excuse to refuse, so he quickly said: "I must see all the actual situation before I can report the truth to the Grand Duke."

Bafu was in a dilemma and refused several times, which made Liu Feng impatiently say: "If you can't make the decision, let your lord come out!"

Bafu had no choice but to lead the tax officials to check the treasury in the government.

The tax official from Santata County shook his head in his heart. The request from the tax official from Luma City was about to cross that dangerous line. He asked to check the warehouse of a lord's mansion. request to be made.

But now that Bailuling has paid all the autumn taxes, it stands to reason that they have no reason and shouldn't make such a rude request.

Look at the humiliated expressions of the white deer collar steward and servants. If he were the lord of the white deer collar, he would definitely not be able to bear this insult.

Liu Feng didn't want to check the warehouse to humiliate Lord Bailu, he wanted to see if there was anything good hidden in the mansion, he just wanted to scrape another layer of oil before leaving.

The warehouse of the Lord of the White Hart Territory is clean enough to run a horse.

The people from Sanshu approached Liu Feng and whispered to him: "Maybe they hid everything, dug a cave or a cellar, of course we couldn't find it."

The tax officer of Three Towers County finally couldn't help but say a fair word: "I heard that Lord White Deer personally led a team to Four Towers County to buy slaves, and it was only a few days after he came back. Whether it's a cave or a cellar, don't you need it?" Time to prepare? But how long will it be until the autumn harvest ends? The tax grains we collect are all new grains this year, but there is no half grain of old grains. If you have old grains, will you pay taxes with new grains?"

Liu Feng deliberately found fault: "Even the warehouse of the Lord's Mansion is so clean, how can Lord Tang support his people? It's not just one or two people, but 500 people!"

Bafu interjected sadly: "The young master fell ill because of his worries. He plans to borrow some food from the surrounding lords first. If he can't borrow it, he will rent the land. If it doesn't work, he can only..."

"Marriage. I'm not married yet. If this winter is really difficult, I will consider marrying a rich wife." Tang Bo walked into the living room from the bedroom and said without blushing.

Tax officials: "..." Knowing that one of the advantages of nobles is their thick skin, but this is the first time they have seen such a thick-skinned young noble who said that he depends on his wife.

"Master." Bafu saluted with the servants.

After walking a few steps, Tang Bo sighed and sat down very tiredly on the chair that the servant had pulled out, and said more directly and shamelessly:

"Everyone, it's getting late, I'm very happy to entertain you to stay for the night, but you have seen the situation of our Bailu collar. I am under a lot of pressure when so many of you stay to eat, let alone entertain everyone. White bread, which is actually myself, I'm afraid I'll have to eat hard brown bread for the rest of the day. Have you tried our bacon? It's really delicious, but there's not much of it. Or would you like to try Try our Bailuling specialty, wheat bran wild vegetable soup?"

Ghosts want to eat your wheat bran wild vegetable soup!When Liu Feng heard that Tang Bo regarded the disgusting stinky bacon as a delicacy, he didn't want to stay even more.

And the tax officer in the capital of Three Towers County happened to hear something about the lord of Hongshan looking for a suitable husband for his eldest daughter when he was collecting taxes. He subconsciously connected Tang Bo's words with the matter of marrying a daughter in Hongshan. .

The tax official was still on his way to Sanshuling, and told Liu Feng and others what he had imagined, and convinced Liu Feng and others that Bailuling really had no money—the lords planned to rely on marriage To maintain the livelihood of the entire territory, don't be ashamed to say it out loud, if this is not poor to a certain extent, who would be embarrassed?

Liu Feng decided to tell Lord Sanshu about this matter as a joke, maybe the Lord Lord would be happy to hear it and give him some more benefits?

The tax officials and soldiers of the food escort finally left.

"The Luma City tax official will definitely speak ill of us, and next year we may have to pay [-] to [-]% more tax." Bafu reminded Tang Bo worriedly. He didn't understand why Tang Bo wanted to provoke the tax official on purpose.

He would rather not give the money bag containing five copper coins.

But the young master made it clear that he can bribe the other party, but he can only give so much, and he must give it.

Barford thought that when the tax collector opened the purse, he would think it was a humiliation.

"It's much better than us bribing him with a lot of gold coins to make him think we are rich." Tang Bo put his legs up on the table and said lazily without aristocrats: "There is no impenetrable wall in the world. The "actual situation" of the deer collar is bound to spread through the mouths of the tax officials and food soldiers. And do you think our Grand Duke really only believes the words of the tax officials?"

Bafu understood: "Do you think the Grand Duke's eyeliner is among those soldiers?"

Tang Bo gave the housekeeper a look of "this kind of thing is inevitable".

Bafu thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized: "I understand. The Grand Council knows from the soldiers that our Bailu collar is actually very poor. Not to mention additional taxes, even the original autumn tax is difficult to pay. This is the first benefit. And The aggression of the tax officer made you unbearable when you were young, and you did something reckless in the heat of your head. This will make the Grand Duke think that you... are not a threat?"

The more Bafu said, the more he understood: "In addition, the greedy tax officials who were irritated not only did not reduce our taxes, but increased us a lot, and if the Grand Duke had no intention of exposing the lies of the tax officials, we will do something a little bit out of line in the future. For things like setting up a caravan or occupying some uninhabited territory, the Grand Duke will turn a blind eye? Is this some kind of exchange?"

Tang Bo smiled.There is another advantage that he can't tell Bafu, only that the tax official Liu Feng set excessive taxes for them Bailuling first, does actual evil things, and becomes the enemy of Bailuling, then he can treat Liufeng and Yun. The food team is ruthless.

"Send someone to the Hongshan collar, tell me that I want to get married, the bigger the fanfare, the better."

The butler is delighted, the young master wants to get married?That's great news.

Gu Ding, who had been hiding in the dark and eavesdropping, poked his head out: "You want to marry a wife?"

Seeing the butler's joyful expression, Tang Bo knew that the other party had misunderstood, and quickly added: "It's not a real marriage, it's just to let outsiders know that our Bailu collar is short of money and food. Gu Ding, come with me, I have something to say to you explain."